--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's a report which mentions > figures for women in Goa: > > Apparently, the top killers that strike women, in Goa, > nowadays are: > Diabetes, hypertension and cancer. Another ailment that is > a close > contender is depression, faced by many but admitted by > few… > http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2008/May/issue5/ >
From a medical standpoint there is no inconsistency between the above claim and the list that I have provided below, which is much more precise. Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease. The most common way in which diabetes and hypertension cause death is by causing heart attacks or strokes i. e. ischemic heart disease and cardiovascular disease mentioned in the list below. The self-inflicted injuries in the list below are in most cases likely due to depression. There is no other commonly recognized way in which depression by itself can cause death, if you discount any associated life threatening ailment. Cheers, Santosh > 2009/11/19 Santosh Helekar <[email protected]>: > > Here are the top ten causes of death in India, which I > had provided before on Goanet: > > > > Ischemic heart disease - 15% of all deaths > > Lower respiratory infections - 11% of all deaths > > Cerebrovascular disease - 7% of all deaths > > Perinatal conditions - 7% of all deaths > > Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 5% of all > deaths > > Diarrheal diseases - 4% of all deaths > > Tuberculosis - 4% of all deaths > > HIV/AIDS - 3% of all deaths > > Road traffic accidents - 2% of all deaths > > Self-inflicted injuries - 2% of all deaths > > > > Here is the link to my earlier Goanet post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg51403.html > > > > Now, unless the Goan situation is completely different > from the rest of India, and assuming, by depression, he > means self-inflicted injuries... >
